Mariners Moose Tracks, 10/30/24: Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, and Will Venable

The Yankees avoid the sweep.

Good morning friends! The World Series continues for at least one more day...let’s get to it.

World Series scores...

• The Yankee bats rallied to an 11-4 victory over the Dodgers, keeping them alive with Los Angeles needing just one more win to clinch the title.

In Mariners news...

• In the latest episode of the Meet at the Mitt podcast, the minor league crew got together to review the 2024 season down on the M’s farm.
• We can now finally confirm: Colt Emerson is really good.

Around the league...

• With his home run in yesterday’s contest, Freddie Freeman became the first player ever to hit a homer in six consecutive World Series games.
• Jeff Passan at ESPN tells the inside story of how Shohei Ohtani went from possibly out for the season to back on the field in just two days. ($)
• The White Sox have reportedly named former outfielder Will Venable as their new manager for the 2025 season.
• We’ll miss you, Oakland Coliseum.

• This is awesome! Can’t wait to see this continue to develop.

Anders’ picks...

• Gonna nerd out here for a moment: as a Xenoblade Chronicles superfan who never got to play this game because I never had a Wii U, I’m pumped.